When was the last time you…
…shot for yourself?
…turned OFF your cellphone?
…didn’t check your email for more than 24 hours?
…took a vacation?
…took a break without the kids?
…shot something in a completely different way than normal (for you)?
…read a novel?
…took a long walk in nature?
…shot film?
…delivered images to a client in person?
…sent a handwritten “thank you” note?
…meditated?
…watched a classic movie like Casablanca?
…danced?
…sang?
…spent more than 30 minutes eating dinner?
…didn’t watch TV for 24 hours (or more)?
…didn’t use the ‘net for 24 hours (or more)?
…told your assistant s/he did a great job?
…told your significant other you love her/him?
…participated in a group art project?
…wrote a short story or poem?
…ate a real breakfast, sitting down?
…got 30 minutes of exercise, regularly, for more than a week?
…lit candles?
…had great sex?
…went to an art museum/gallery?
…listened to classical music?
…volunteered?
…let someone else drive while you looked out the window?
…took a train or a boat?
…went to group meditation or church or temple or mosque?
…forgave someone?
…admitted you were wrong?
…taught students of any kind?
…smiled for no apparent reason?
If you have to think about it, it’s been too long. All of these things will help your business because all of these things are good for your health, physically, mentally, and spiritually. Try to do at least a couple of them every day.
Leslie, you are damned right on this. I just went through my agenda for the end of this month and for September. It’s horrendous. There is no day left empty and it’s only very interesting and important work. Once, a friend of mine told me : “When you are in hospital, half dead from overworking, you will automatically have to stop. So stop now regularly to avoid hospital”. I don’t know how I will do it. I dream about strolling, which is by the way typically European. Never saw it in the US, but heard lots of American be surprised seeing this.
I am printing this list and taping it to the fridge.
Thanks!
Now that is a list to live by! I might just print it out too…there are a few things on there I should be doing more of…